Do looks matter?

I recently read a passage in Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death in which Postman exclaims that "[...] Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas; they exchange images. They do not argue with propositions; they argue with good looks, celebrities and commercials." (92-93). He talks about how the age we are in is in Las Vegas now, where good looks and image is where it matters most. I didn't think much about this quote until it happened to me during a job interview. I recently applied to this company in which they told me that they will most likely hire me because "We only hire good looking people. We need good looking people to work here." After this experience, I realized that even though Postman likes to ramble off into things when he writes, most of the things he says are actually true. America has turned into an age of entertainment where looks mean everything because we humans would rather look at someone who is appealing. I don't think its right how people judge outside because of someone's looks before even checking and evaluating their skill sets needed for the job. Shouldn't we judge people by how hard they work, their work ethics, and just their personality to see if they would fit for the job? I guess not from how our age in America is going too because apparently looks do matter.